Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Elizabeth now lives in Northern California. She's the author of several books for children and adults including Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride, John Muir and Stickeen: An Alaskan Adventure, The ABCs of Writing for Children, Curtain Call and Louise the One and Only. Liz was Byline Magazine's "Writing for Children" columnist and has sold more than 350 of her articles published in a variety of periodicals such as Writer's Digest, Parents Magazine, and the San Francisco Examiner.She taught through California State University of Hayward's East Bay Extension for ten years, as well as University of California Santa Cruz Extension. Liz presents author assemblies and classroom writing workshops at elementary and middle schools. She is chairwoman of the California Writers Club Young Writers Contest and Workshops for middle school students, a county-wide program for youth. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, a civil engineer, and Zoie, a Yorkshire terrier. Their son, Christopher, is an engineer in Massachusetts.